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قراءة كتاب The Root of All Evil
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THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
BY J. S. FLETCHER
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO
SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON NICOLL
WITH MUCH GRATITUDE
CONTENTS
Part the First: RISE
I | APPLECROFT | 11 |
II | THE TIGHT LIP | 23 |
III | THE BROKEN MAN | 35 |
IV | THE DIPLOMATIC FATHER | 47 |
V | THE SHAKESPEARE LINE | 59 |
VI | THE GLOVES OFF | 71 |
VII | THE GOLDEN TEAPOT | 83 |
VIII | THE BATTLE BEGINS | 95 |
IX | THE IRON ROD | 107 |
X | THE ETERNAL FEMININE | 119 |
XI | HUMBLE PIE | 131 |
XII | THE TRIPLE CHANCE | 142 |
XIII | DEAD MEN'S SHOES | 153 |
Part the Second: FALL
I | AVARICE | 165 |
II | THE BIT OF BAD LAND | 177 |
III | COAL | 189 |
IV | BIRDS OF A FEATHER | 201 |
V | THE YORKSHIRE WAY | 213 |
VI | OBSESSION | 225 |
VII | THE LAST THROW | 237 |
VIII | THE COMMINATION SERVICE | 248 |
IX | THE BELL RINGS | 260 |
X | BLACK DEPTHS | 271 |
XI | THE SENTENCE | 283 |
XII | THE SECOND EXODUS | 294 |
XIII | THE LUSTRE JUG | 307 |
Part the First: RISE
CHAPTER I
Applecroft
Half-way along the one straggling street of Savilestowe a narrow lane suddenly opened out between the cottages and turned abruptly towards the uplands which rose on the northern edge of the village. Its first course lay between high grey walls, overhung with ivy and snapdragon. When it emerged from their cool shadowings the church came in view on one hand and the school on the other, each set on its own green knoll and standing high above the meadows. Once past these it became narrower and more tortuous; the banks on either side rose steeply, and were crowned by ancient oaks and elms. In the proper season of the year these banks were thick with celandine and anemone, and the scent of hedge violets rose from the moss among the spreading roots of the trees. Here the ruts of the lane were deep, as if no man had any particular business to repair them. The lane was, in fact, a mere occupation road, and led to nothing but an out-of-the-way farmstead, which stood,